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We could argue that without the iPhone already in popular use, the iPad would not be the success we suspect it is going to be. The App store is a proven success and as Apple is touting:
Right now, you can choose from over 150,000 apps in the App Store including entertainment apps, productivity apps, social networking apps, games, and more. iPad works with almost all of them. So if you already have apps for your iPhone or iPod touch, just sync them to iPad from your Mac or PC. They run in their original size or you can expand them to fill the iPad screen.
So a ready-to-go supply of fantastic apps to choose from. And because we all have the apps we love to use, we know which ones we would just love to see on the bigger screen. Take the New York Times App that was demoed at the iPad Event back in Jan. Their iPad app has just been released on 31st March – in time for the iPad release tomorrow. Take a look:
The iPad is going to be a superb interface for the traditional “newspaper”. In fact, we can already imagine the businessmen of the world tucking their iPad under their armpits where once there was a folded, ink-covered, newsprint called the New York Times.
It is impressive. And it saves paper as well!
But, would it get any purchase in the market if the iPhone had not already paved the way? And would you buy it instead of your iPhone? We suspect that it will make a nice addition to the Apple family of gadgets, a nice accessory as it were. But I know that I would pick my iPhone over the iPad if I had to choose!